IFIP 17th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management

5-8 July 2020, Rapperswil, Switzerland

It aims to integrate business approaches to the collaborative creation, management and dissemination of product and process data throughout the extended enterprises that create, manufacture and operate engineered products and systems. The conference aims at involving all stakeholders of the wide concept of PLM, hoping to shape the future of this field and advance the science and practice of enterprise development.

From its beginning, PLM IC is the official conference of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management (IJPLM, www.inderscience.com/ijplm). Starting 2009, PLM IC became the official conference of the IFIP Working Group WG 5.1 “Global Product development for the whole lifecycle” www.ifip-wg51.org

Keynote by Honorary Chair

Alex Simeon

Monday

14:00-14:45

Research Keynote

Prof. Dr. Konrad Wegener

Chair of IWF, ETH Zurich

Speech topic
Under industry 4.0 the term «product» gains a new aspect as the digital twin is directly linked to the tangible product and follows it like a shadow but equipped with machine intelligence might undergo intense modifications. The digital twin merges with «experience» out of the environment of the real product and its operation within the internet. What belongs to the product, who owns it and who bears the responsibility stays unsolved.

Background
Professor and head of IWF at ETH Zürich since 2003 and lead of manufacturing section of inspire AG.
Studies in mechanical engineering and PHD at TU Braunschweig
1999 general management of Schuler Held Lasertechnik
1990 Schuler Presses GmbH & Co. KG